Bullies

News about Bullies, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 30, 2015

Pine Bush Central School District in upstate New York settles civil rights lawsuit filed by five current and former students who claim to have suffered years of anti-Semitic bullying; agrees to pay $4.48 million and make changes to curriculum and training of staff and teachers. MORE

Jun. 28, 2015

Junot Diaz describes being deeply affected by being beaten up by other kids while in junior high and years it took for him to recover from fear incident instilled in him. MORE

May. 28, 2015

Nick Bilton Disruptions column suggests that online games allowing users to exclude, promote or demote other players sends wrong message to children and is teaching them to label and bully. MORE

Mar. 8, 2015

Muslim families in New York City say their children face unique challenges in public schools, despite city's reputation for tolerance; report taunts and bullying, often related to associating Islam with terrorism, that can be particularly difficult for young girls who choose to wear religious dress. MORE

Oct. 23, 2014

Nick Bilton Disruptions column profiles Arturo Bejar, director of engineering for the Facebook Protect and Care team; Bejar's task is to create empathy among Facebook users and teach them to be nicer to each other by developing tools that allow users to report harmful posts and express when their feelings have been hurt. MORE

Jul. 23, 2014

John Jerry, prominent figure in Miami Dolphins’ 2013 bullying scandal who signed as free agent with New York Giants in 2014, says he discussed his role in Dolphins’ case with Giants before joining team; scandal caused Jerry's teammate Jonathan Martin to leave team and NFL to open investigation. MORE

Mar. 27, 2014

New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin says that team's offensive lineman John Jerry, one of the players named in report commissioned by NFL to explore accusations of widespread bullying on Miami Dolphins, is unlikely to be suspended; other football news noted. MORE

Mar. 25, 2014

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he has not decided whether to penalize Indianapolis Colts’ owner Jim Irsay, who could face felony charges of possession of controlled substances; adds that he will decide whether to penalize Miami Dolphins players accused of bullying a former teammate, Jonathan Martin, after doctors determine whether they need any treatment related to their behavior. MORE

Mar. 1, 2014

Editorial maintains there is no reason that professional football players should be immune from modern standards of workplace conduct, citing season tainted by on-field racial slurs and bullying scandal; welcomes new regulations meant to improve conduct, but argues there must also be an upward shift in society's expectations for athletes. MORE

Feb. 25, 2014

NFL-commissioned investigative report on Miami Dolphins locker-room culture finds that while Richie Incognito has been leading figure in a bullying scandal, fellow offensive linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey served as henchmen; report states that Jerry was first to taunt Jonathan Martin, setting off vicious bullying that included homophobic and racist slurs. MORE

Feb. 20, 2014

Miami Dolphins fire offensive line coach Jim Turner and head athletic trainer Kevin O'Neill for their roles in team's bullying scandal; other football news noted. MORE

Feb. 16, 2014

Former Miami Dolphins lineman Andrew McDonald is the unidentified player named in an NFL-commissioned report as being a victim of bullying in the Miami locker room. MORE

Feb. 16, 2014

William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column holds that lawyer Ted Wells’s report for the NFL on the harassment by Richie Incognito and other Miami Dolphins players contains a captivating portrait of Jonathan Martin’s anguish for not retaliating against his tormentors; it also paints a graphic and vile portrait of an NFL locker room that may shock even those familiar with the often lowbrow culture of men’s team sports. MORE

Feb. 15, 2014

Independent report commissioned by the NFL in wake of bullying accusations at the Miami Dolphins depicts deeply ingrained culture of verbal and physical abuse that extended far beyond players Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito; recommends creation of new workplace conduct rules and guidelines that will help ensure that NFL players respect each other as professionals and people. MORE

Feb. 15, 2014

Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times column calls on NFL's corporate sponsors to take a stand against pervasively abusive locker room culture revealed by independent report; wonders if companies will have the courage to risk lucrative deals on matter of principle. MORE

Jan. 19, 2014

Emily Bazelon article profiles antibullying activist groups that try to help children and their families who been bullied online by offering informal counseling or by exposing wrongdoers; reflects these activists can harm as much as they help, since they often wind up falsely accusing or demonizing innocent people. MORE

Dec. 12, 2013

NFL Roundup; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking after meeting of league and team executives, says he will consider changes to football's workplace environment in wake of reports of bullying on the Miami Dolphins; other football news noted. MORE

Nov. 22, 2013

Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County, Fla, stands behind his decision to arrest two adolescent girls on charges of cyberbullying related to suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick; holds that arrests raised awareness of cyberbullying and its corrosive effects on children, despite fact that prosecutors later dropped charges. MORE

Nov. 21, 2013

Florida's state attorney's office drops charges against two girls, ages 12 and 14, who stood accused of bullying classmate Rebecca Sedwick, who later committed suicide; MORE

Nov. 15, 2013

Richie Incognito, accused of bullying Jonathan Martin, his teammate on Miami Dolphins’ offensive line, has filed a noninjury grievance against the Dolphins challenging his suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. MORE

Nov. 13, 2013

Essay by New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin describes his experience receiving flood of tweets directed at the Miami Dolphins lineman of the same name, who left his team following bullying by Richie Incognito. MORE

Nov. 11, 2013

Suspended Miami Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito, in Fox Sports interview, says he went too far in his comments to teammate Jonathan Martin, but that exchanges were in the context of their friendship. MORE

Nov. 9, 2013

Richie Incognito, who was suspended by Miami Dolphins amid allegations that he bullied teammate Jonathan Martin, may have been acting on some level in response to his own childhood riddled with teasing. MORE

Nov. 8, 2013

NFL Roundup; lawyer for Jonathan Martin, Miami Dolphins offensive tackle who accused guard Richie Incognito of bullying, says problem is not lack of toughness on Martin’s part, but his treatment by his teammates; other football news noted. MORE

Nov. 7, 2013

NFL appoints Ted Wells, one of the country’s top defense lawyers, to investigate allegations of workplace misconduct swirling around the Miami Dolphins, sign that league wants to reassure the public it is taking the matter seriously; case involves allegations that Richie Incognito bullied teammate Jonathan Martin and used racial epithets. MORE

Nov. 6, 2013

Team conduct in NFL locker rooms has come under closer scrutiny following suspension of Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito, who is accused of bullying teammate Jonathan Martin; incident has raised questions about how much control coaches have over players and their behavior. MORE

Nov. 6, 2013

William C Rhoden Sports Of The Times column notes that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, faces challenge in addressing bullying scandal surrounding Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito; calls on Goodell to forcefully confront the lack of leadership that has contributed to hostile locker room culture. MORE

Nov. 5, 2013

Unfolding saga between Miami Dolphins offensive linemen Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito is forcing NFL to start defining gray areas between good-natured pranks and bullying; Martin abruptly left team after string of perceived slights and Incognito was suspended indefinitely after it was disclosed that he had left Martin racist and threatening texts and voice messages. MORE

Oct. 27, 2013

Hollywood executives attending GLSEN Respect Awards, dedicated to fighting bullying in schools, are shaken and moved by story of 16-year-old Andrew Lawless, who described how he had been terrorized in a rural Tennessee high school because of his sexual orientation, and sexually assaulted on school grounds by his tormentors. MORE

Oct. 16, 2013

Oregon man Joe Bell, who was walking across the country to memorialize his gay son Jadin, who committed suicide after being bullied, is killed in Colorado by a tractor-trailer whose driver had apparently fallen asleep. MORE

Oct. 16, 2013

Polk County sheriff's office in Central Florida says two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been arrested after the older one posted an offensive online comment attributing her bullying to suicide of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, who jumped to her death after enduring a year of face-to-face and online bullying. MORE

Oct. 1, 2013

Advertising column; General Mills brand Green Giant and other companies are running public-service campaigns to help prevent bullying; they target parents and children with calls for bravery and leadership. MORE

Sep. 14, 2013

Suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick, who jumped to her death from a platform at an abandoned cement plant near her home in Florida, makes her one of youngest members of a growing list of children and teenagers apparently driven to suicide by online bullying; her suicide raises new questions about the proliferation and popularity of texting and photo-sharing cellphone applications and Web sites among children and the ability of parents to keep up with their children's online relationships. MORE

Sep. 13, 2013

Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County, Fla, says he is investigating cyberbullying of 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick, who jumped to her death at an old cement business in Lakeland. MORE

Aug. 31, 2013

Suicide of Bart Palosz, 15-year-old sophomore at Greenwich High School in Connecticut with history of being bullied by classmates, has left community asking whether it did enough to address bullying or provide support; Bart had posted his suicidal thoughts on social media. MORE

Jul. 6, 2013

Most Rev Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, announces campaign to stamp out antigay bullying in Church of England schools, acknowledging that attitudes toward sexuality have changed. MORE

Jun. 17, 2013

A survey of children with food allergies showed that a third of them reported being bullied with threatening behavior. MORE

Jun. 17, 2013

New research suggests that aggression between siblings, especially chronic abuse, can inflict psychological wounds as damaging as the anguish caused by school bullies. MORE

Jun. 15, 2013

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column analyzes report from research group Child Trends that indicates unsettling statistical realities concerning American high school graduates; notes high incidence of violence, bullying, obesity and poverty, among other trends, indicate shameful failure to protect children's rights. MORE

Mar. 27, 2013

Books about bullying, for youngsters and adults, are now so numerous they have become a profitable genre in themselves. MORE

Mar. 21, 2013

Sexual assault charges against Torrington High School athletes Edgar A Gonzalez and Joan M Toribio prompts people to draw online comparisons to Steubenville, Ohio, rape case, which gained national attention via social media and revealed bullying toward the victim from students and others who displayed concern for the town's football program. MORE

Mar. 12, 2013

Op-Ed article by author Emily Bazelon contends that definition of bullying is far too vague and that word is applied to situations that encompass both appalling violence or harassment and a few mean words; posits that misdiagnosis of bullying is making real but limited problem seem impossible to solve. MORE

Feb. 2, 2013

Parents of Tyler Clementi, Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide after his roommate spied on him in a romantic encounter with another man via webcam, will stand alongside university officials to announce opening of Tyler Clementi Center; facility will hold conferences and sponsor academic research, focusing on students making the transition from home to college, that will examine bullying and youth suicides. MORE

Oct. 26, 2012

Bullying is cited as cause of suicide of Tottenville High School student Felicia Garcia in Staten Island; Garcia, who hurled herself onto subway tracks as a train approached the station, is said to have been taunted for piercings and her history of foster care, and was bullied by members of school's football team who spread sexual rumors about her. MORE

Oct. 24, 2012

Advertising column observes that 'Be More Than a Bystander' campaign, orchestrated by nonprofit Advertising Council, underscores problem of bullying with a series of television, print and online ads. MORE

Oct. 15, 2012

Conservative evangelical group American Family Assn urges parents to keep their children home from school on Mix It Up at Lunch Day, when schoolchildren nationwide are encouraged to eat with someone they do not normally speak to; group sees program, started by the Southern Poverty Law Center to help prevent bullying, as part of a national gay agenda. MORE

Jun. 24, 2012

Star British rugby player Ben Cohen left the sport in 2011 to devote himself full-time to battling homophobia and bullying through the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation; Cohen and the foundation plan to begin selling a line of athletic-style cotton underwear that he hopes will bring him a new fan base. MORE

Jun. 23, 2012

More than $500,000 has been raised in an online fund-raising drive for 68-year-old Rochester, NY, bus monitor Karen H Klein, who was brutally taunted by a group of 12- and 13-year-old boys; video taken by a student on the bus and posted to YouTube prompted outrage around the Internet and sparked the successful campaign. MORE

Jun. 23, 2012

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column explores fallout from a viral video that shows 68-year-old bus monitor Karen Klein enduring relentless verbal abuse from a group of young boys; contends that incident reflects the wider prominence of hostility in American society during a period of swift social change. MORE

Jun. 1, 2012

Family of 12-year-old Joel Morales, who hung himself in his East Harlem home, say he had often been the subject of harsh bullying from his schoolmates; series of suicides of young boys and girls around the country has brought the subject of bullying to the forefront in recent years. MORE

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